Cornelius, Walter Wallace Howard (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-May-06

Flying Officer Walter Wallace Howard Cornelius RCAF

Birth Date: 1915-March-08

Born: Echota, New York

Parents: Frank E. Howard & Clara Donnelly. Foster-son of Robert George and Mary Ann (nee Jowett)Cornelius, of Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Spouse:

Home: Niagara Falls, Ontario

Enlistment: Niagara Falls, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1942-July-22

Service

RCAF

Unit

21 (B) Sqn- Squadron (SAAF)

Base

SAAF Egypt

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

J/15415

Home
Google MapNiagara Falls, Ontario
Final Burial
Google MapEnfidaville War Cemetery
grave V D 32

Took off from Egypt on a bombing mission to the island of Pantellaria, in the Mediterranean, midway between Tunisia and Sicily.

Aircraft was approaching the target when it was hit by flak between the port engine and the fuselage. It was was last seen on fire and losing height and no parachutes were seen. The aircraft crashed at Monastir Tunisia, North Africa.

Killed: Flying Officer Wallace Walter Howard Cornelius RCAF J/15415 KIA Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia grave V. D. 32. Capt Alfred George Macrae Budd RAF KIA Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia grave V. D. 30. Lt J Sadler SAAF KIA Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia grave V. D. 31. Flight Sergeant Colin Roy Woods SAAF KIA Alamein Memorial, Egypt Column 278.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Baltimore serial: FA115

A Royal Air Force Martin Baltimore IV/V bomber. Most aircraft were delivered to Commonwealth countries, a few were kept in the U.S. under the USAAF designation A-30.
USAAF - Official U.S. Air Force photo 051122-F-1234P-023

The Martin 187 Baltimore was a twin-engined light attack bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company in the United States as the A-30. The model was originally ordered by the French in May 1940 as a follow-up to the earlier Martin Maryland, then in service in France. With the fall of France, the production series was diverted to Great Britain and after mid-1941, supplied by the U.S. as Lend Lease equipment.

Development of the Baltimore was hindered by a series of problems, although the type eventually became a versatile combat aircraft. Produced in large numbers, the Baltimore was not used operationally by United States armed forces but eventually served with the British, Canadian, Australian, South African, Hellenic and the Italian air forces. it was subsequently used almost exclusively in the Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II. Wikipedia

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